Re: [pygame] Back to the banded/italicized image problem

[Rene Dudfield <rene1@py3d.org>]

Jim Scott wrote:

> I posted a screenshot on the list some days ago showing a problem where I
> loaded an image which didn't display properly. The images were banded and
> appeared to be slanted.
>
> I replaced my python, pygame, and SDL libraries, but the problem remains. I
> tried the program on various other Windows machines, and it worked fine.
>
> So, if the problem is in my Win98 install, any idea where I should look for
> errors? Are there any particular system files that pygame or SDL relies upon to
> render images?
>
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try this out before initialising pygame.  It uses a different windows 
api for drawing.  Apparently on some computers it is faster too.  
Allthough mostly it is supposed to be slower.

import os
os.environ['SDL_VIDEODRIVER'] = 'windib'


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